The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-12-21

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Ny Christmas gin
Court aiil probably be n session all week
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suaay uas ,ae fa-s genuine winter da,
ofihe SEASON.
James l. P'.gh. Esq. returned from Phila
,ielphia Nonlay
Have yoa secaresi your seats for the In
stitufe lecture course
Meyers'i.,Ie has been badly afflicted Will
inccndiary fires Of late.
The HzRALn wishes itS readers one and
all a very merry Christmas.
Tie school children are looking forward
eagerly to their holiday vacation
Mr. Abraham Faith, Of Somerset, was
granted an Increase Of pension las; week
The merry jingle Of sleigh bells was heard
sunday afternoon Cor the first time this sea-
son.
( Wednesday, December 2ist, according to
the alamanae. Is the shortest day Of the
year.
oar liverynnen would ike TO see good
sieigiiiug and they don't stand alone in the
matter.
The day sessions If the Institute will be
held in the CauH House. The evening ioc-
turgs in the Opera House
And nov the school boy passes around his
paper soliciting subscriptions wterewith 10
Z buy his teacher Nmas gin.
There are now seven inmates in the cuun-
/ ty Jail Two blacks and i've whites. one Of
I the latter being female.
Thursday, December, 18th ended the open
season forshooting ali game excepting pheas-
+ ants. rabbits and squirrels.
+ The jury Commissioners are engaged IN
( preparing iisi of seven hundred names to
( Be- placcd in the wheel for next year
Mi,ses Jean and Rose King. OF Somersei.
are the guests Of Miss Clara stonebraker, Of
. Center rsireet.--.Johasto,c4 Tribune,
Mr. Nicholas Murphy. policeman Of
Meyersdale, wls arrested AZ Cumberland
on Saturday on charge Of forgery.
Those Of our merchants who advertise in
the Herald. and they most all do. are de-
GIFTED with their boldly trade thus far.
Miss Louise o. Scull who has been attend
ing school a, t,e Pennsylvania Female Col
Iesr. arrived at home saturday 10 spend the
holiday vacation.
sheriff winters has rented a portion Of
the second and third floor Of the Casebeer
block where he wiz move his family on the
first of January.
As usual the HEE,Lp viii publish fnI
and complete report Of the proceedings Of
the County Teachers Institute which meets
in the Court House nexi week.
We direct the attention Of our readers to
the prospectus Of the New York Prsss to be
found elsewhere in this issue. The Press
bids fair to take front rank among the New
York dailies
The second week Of court commenced at
I1oclock Monday morning The attend
ance is confined almost entirely 10 suitors,
witnesses and jurors
We pablish the prospectus Of the Chicago
I,f.7 Ooau, in another Column. Any Of our
readers wishing 70 subscribe for a city paper
VIII make no mistake in subscribing for
the Inter Ocean.
Mr. William Steward Of Confluence is ex-
pected to take charge of the Washington
House IN Bedford this week Mr.. Steward
has been keeping a hotel al Confluence for
some time past.
Almost the entire time Of the court was
taken mp last week in disposing Of petty
little criminal cases. tie most Of which
should have been settlei before being brought
TO the attention OF the court.
The members Of the Lutheran Church are
making an earnest effort to pay of their
church debt aud start in the new year with
a clean balance sheet They have about
four th9uSand dollars 20 raise and they are
determined 70 do IT,
The Meyers,lale CsHB,eTciai received
thorough warming up and scor-hing from
the Ere that visited tlal town a few nights
aga and is 10 be congratulated on its narrow
esca e. It's next door neigibor, the old D. G.
Meyers property occupied by half dozen
tenants was burned Ia the ground
The Scieafifc Ameroal advertised in anOth-
er column under the head of Patents. eer-
taiuly needs no one 20 sing its praises,
but notwithstanding this fact. We feel il an
absolutely duty To the general public, al
least thar portion Of e which has never seen :
or heard Of the paper to tell them that such (
one is published at the low price Of s.
a vrar. and thar its true value cannot beover-
estimated II stands al the head Of all pub
lications Of its kind. A file Of the paper may
be- seen at this o'tice and subscriptions re-
ceyed
shortly after midnight Friday fre broke
oui in the shoe shop of Mr.. James Dillon At
Redwood. The flames spread to the ad-
joining buildings With wonderful rapidiry
aud Snyder's general store, the store room of
John spout and a dwelling house occupied /
bv William Hughes. were all burned to the Z
ground. The fire wa> discovered by police T
man GfIber, Of this borough who was IN the
station house with several prisoners in
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